Flowers on Tall Stems

This challenge is about flowers on tall stalks or stems. It may be difficult to find appropriate examples of stemmed flowers, because we look at the flower as the subject, and ignore the stem. (Why do some flowers hug the ground or remain close to their parent plant, while others reach for the sky?) Your flower may have risen to great heights from a succulent, or you might shoot smaller plants, such as poppies, tulips or dandelions from the ground looking up, so we get the idea of great height. Show us these flowers, with their stems, outside in their natural environment, still growing, NOT in vases or bouquets. Small creatures may be present, but should not dominate the picture. Macro and close-up shots welcome. SIZE: 1,600px MAXIMUM ON LONGER SIDE.

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Announced:

Saturday, 6th April, 2013 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 13th April, 2013 –
Friday, 19th April, 2013
(GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 20th April, 2013 –
Friday, 26th April, 2013
(GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1600px.

Digital photos only, with full EXIF data.

Colour only.

NO glaringly obvious HDR. If it hurts my eyes, it's out!

Don't remove the background.

TITLE: Give your entry a title, not just an photo number.

NO watermarks or forms of identification, or personal website references.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

YES! Photos entered in previous DPR challenges MAY be used in this challenge, but I would prefer you to enter new pictures.

Two (2) entries per person allowed, but each entry should be of a different type of flower and stem.

Encouraging comments about entries are welcome.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! If you enter the challenge, take the time to vote on other entries! This will hopefully counteract the sandbaggers' votes which spoil the genuine results for everyone's entries.

ENTRANTS WHO HAVE ENTERED NUMEROUS CHALLENGES, AND HAVE NEVER VOTED, OR HAVE A VERY LOW VOTING SCORE RELATIVE TO THEIR ENTRIES, EXPECTING OTHERS TO DO THEIR WORK FOR THEM MAY BE DQ'D. I don't like Free-loaders or free riders in my challenges.

Sandbagging, and vote solicitation will cause DQ'ing of entries, please don't even think about it!

Entrants or voters caught cheating will be unwelcome in my future challenges.

Your complaint (along with the complaints of others regarding this entry) will be
reviewed by the challenge owner. Depending upon the nature and applicability of the
complaint, the entry may be disqualified. In extreme circumstances the user who submitted
the entry may receive a ban from the challenge or series in question.